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Many of us baby boomers are at the age when we’re contemplating (or hungering for) retirement. In fact, 10,000 of us are turning 66 every day—the full retirement age for Social Security if you were born between 1943 and…Read the full article

I’m always filing away news tidbits that make me smile or go, “Hmmm…” Apparently, items relating to private parts have this effect on me more often than not, judging from the assortment that found its way into this week’s…Read the full article

A few weeks ago, I received an email from a friend. In it, she revealed that she has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive type of brain tumor. After discussing her situation with her doctors and her husband,…Read the full article

If you’re like me, there’s a whole lotta head-shaking and eye-rolling going on when you see TV and magazine advertising nowadays. So much of it is so ridiculous, pandering, ageist, sexist, patronizing and/or [insert your adjective of derision here]—especially…Read the full article

There’s a magnet on my fridge that reads: “Just because you can have children doesn’t mean you should.” I took its message to heart years ago. The fact is, I never heard the siren call of motherhood. If I…Read the full article

Last year, I wrote a post about how even inanimate objects have something to teach us about life, if we allow ourselves to be open to the lessons. Since then, more everyday items have spoken to me (figuratively, that…Read the full article

Those pesky scientists are at it again—seeking answers to questions we never thought to ask (at least out loud), challenging what we thought we already knew, and providing interesting blog fodder in the process. Well, at least I think…Read the full article

Inquiring minds want to know: Where are you on the libido spectrum? By way of explanation, real-life psychiatrist Stephen B. Levine, MD, says the sexual desire spectrum has six levels ranging from aversion and disinclination at one end, to…Read the full article

I predict the zombie apocalypse, when it happens, will be the result of sleeplessness. Think about it. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has already declared sleeplessness a public health epidemic, reporting in 2013 that while adults need seven…Read the full article

Spring is in the air (well, not so much here in Maine, where there’s still snow on the ground, FFS). But in more temperate places where trees, flowers and grasses are blooming by now, there’s also a shit ton…Read the full article